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What did the Plains Indians depend on?
the buffalo
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What was the battle of wounded knee
massacre of indian women and children
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what were the type of cattle sent to market
long horn cattle
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what was the battle of little big horn?
last Great Plains Indian victory
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the farmers in the west wanted what?
bimetallism instead of the gold standard
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what was a sod
what houses of american settlers of the great plains were made from
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book written by Helen Hunt Jackson
A Century of Dishonor
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What were exodusters?
black settlers of kansas
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Met at promotory point, utah
transcontinental railroad
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what does populism mean?
the peoples movement
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trail used to get cattle to the railroad
chisholm trail
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act that gave settlers 160 acres if they were heads of households
homestead act
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act used to assimilate indians into the mainstream of america
dawes act
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used to tell whos cattle belongs to who
a brand
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Who ran for president opposing the gold standard
William Jennings Bryant
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List the 4 parts of the popluist program
- graduated income tax
- increase money supply
- direct election of senators
- secret ballot
- federal loan program
- single term for President & VP
- Immigration restrictions
- 8 hour work day
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List 3 problems with the Great Plains
- lack of rain
- isolation
- incessant winds
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invented barb wire
Joseph Glidden
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What is the 'dead man's hand'?
Aces and eights in poker
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What are Bonanza farms
single crop farms of 15,000 to 50,000 acres
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Graduated income tax was mentioned here
Idea held by populist
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Sitting Bull and Red Cloud are two of these...
Plains Indians
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Direct election of senators would be one of these
Idea held by populist... became an amendment
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land granted for agriculture and mechanical colleges
morill act
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Pemmican, needles, fly swatters came from this
Buffalo
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Why did American settlers want the Land of the Black Hills?
Gold was found in the Black Hills.
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